Diary of an Arcade Employee

The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas – Allan Sherman (1963)

Somehow in my youth I missed out on this classic parody of the Twelve Days of Christmas by Allan Sherman even though I listened to Dr. Demento every Sunday evening in my neck of the woods. I’m really not sure how I managed this but I later found it when I picked up Dr. Demento Presents: The Greatest Christmas Novelty CD Of All Time and it’s become one of my favorite Holiday songs of all time.

Searching through the alleys for useful knowledge in the city of Nostalgia. Huge cinema fanatic and sometimes carrier of the flame for the weirding ways of 80s gaming, toys, and television. When his wife lets him he is quite happy sitting in the corner eating buckets of beef jerky.

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3 thoughts on “The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas – Allan Sherman (1963)”

Rick Dohertysays:

My dad owned this cassette when I was a kid and the family would listen to it in the car. I actually was playing this for coworkers yesterday. Love the part about it comes with a wire that one end you can stick in your ear and the other end you cant stick anywhere because it is bent. I believe this same cd had a great version of “nuttin for Christmas” and “I want a hippopotomus for Christmas”.